Yeah, that’s one way. But if I’m sitting there after a dive, logging the details, I would like to say ‘We dove to 28 m’ instead of substituting with ‘went’. Still sounds weird 😉 In any case, ‘We went diving to 28 m’ is a no-no in this situation.

Just discovered Boggleton Drive, and I love it! A Wordsmith myself, I really enjoy the way you illustrate common, yet often complicated grammatical concepts so simply. Your strip is as elegant as it is entertaining. Keep ’em coming!

Your illustration completely encapsulates the way my little brain works. And I have thusly (a word?) updated my database about the correct conjugation of “to dive.” Thank you! Your updates are much more seamless than Microsoft’s.

ahahha always a pleasure coming here to correct my grammar.. i thought about you while i was writing this article where i had to use “flair” ..
“flair of the dress”
i accidently wrote flare. and then i thought. eeek. a dress on fire. =p

Interesting that you made an account just to post this.
In North America, common (and accepted) usage is dive-dove-dived. People often get this verb conjugation mixed up (doven? diven? etc). I do not know whether you are referring to the simple past or the past participle when you say “dove is also a correct form”. If you are referring to the simple past, then yes, I agree with you, and it is stated in my post (dive-dove-dived). If you are referring to the past participle, i.e. that “dove’ is a correct form of the p.p., then you are only correct on a purely descriptive level.
Regardless, I’m still not sure how I was wrong originally.